Gilpin moore



NITEED STATES ATENT EEIQE,

GILPIN MOORE, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEERE & OOuPANY,

OF sAME PLACE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,408, dated January 23, 1894.

Applicationfilod February 4, 1892- Serial No. 420,278. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, GILPIN MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a composite structure, a plow, and to parts thereof which have no movements in relation to each other, and in that sense have not machinal but have a constructive function in the machine, a plow.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means for securing the plow-beam to the mold board,share, and landside bar, which means shall be of comparatively great strength, with lightness and simplicity of construction, durable, and economic of manufacture; and to this main end and object my invention consists in novel structural features, and novel combinations,- in which combinations theparts co-operate in producing the final effect, or a result which comes from the combined effect of the several parts, and not simply from the separate action of each, and in which the parts have not a machinal but a constructive function, in the machine, or plow, as hereinafter more fully described, and as summarized respectively in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have shown my invention carried into effect in that precise form of devices in which I have so far successfully practiced it, although as to some or all of the novel features of construction and novel combinations they may be more or less modified without departure from the purview of my invention.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of a plow embodying my improvements. In this figure only part of the handles and plowbeam are shown. Fig. 2, is a top plan of the parts shown at Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan, seen from below, of parts of the plow, and of my improvements; Fig. 4, a sectional elevation in the line 4, 4, in Fig. 6; Fig. 5, a perspective of the plow-standard; Fig. 6, a rear elevation of the lower parts of a plow, a sectional elevation of the plow-beam, and rear elevation of the intermediary parts.

The reference letters hereinafter used indicate respectively the same parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

The mold board A, share B, landside bar 0 and plow-beam D, as shown, are parts of an ordinary plow, and may be constructed and disposed or assembled relatively to each other as shown, or in any other manner which will permit ofincorporating my improvements therewith, to effect the same results, by substantially the same mode of operation as do my improvements when incorporated with said parts A, B, C, D, as hereinafter described. The handles E and brace F are also parts of an ordinary plow, and need not be herein further described.

The standard G is preferably formed of a plate of sheet steel, stamped or swaged into the angle-plate form shown, in which it has two sides g, g, the side 9 of which, when the standard is fixed in place on the plow, is in a vertical plane parallel with the landside bar, and the side 9, at its lower enlarged end at such an angle to the side 9 as will adapt and fit it to the share B and mold board A. The upper part or portion of the standard G is bent or swaged at its forward side in such manner that its sides g and g are parallel, or approximately so, in order that they may receive between them and fit snugly and tightly against the sides of the upper end or portion of brace H, as hereinafter described. At the lower enlarged end of the standard G, its side 9 is bolted to the landside-bar, and the side g to the mold-board and share, for the purpose of securing the lower end of the standard in place, and of aiding in securing the mold-board, share, and landside bar to each other and to the standard G.

The brace H is fixed at its lower end to the landside bar 0 by a bolt f, which preferably is the same bolt that fixes one end of the brace F to said landside bar. The upper end h of the brace H, of a reduced size, as shown, passes through a metallic plate I, which is seated and fits on the upper end of the standard G and beneath the beamD. The upper medium portion h. of the brace H is of curved or bent form, as shown at Fig. 4E, and from the plate I downwardly for some distance preferabl has flattened sides which fit snugly and tightly too between the sides g, g, of the standard G, and is locatedwithits front side resting closely against the front side of said standard, as shown at Figs. 4 and 6, and has preferably shoulders 77. where its parts 71. and h unite, which shoulders rest immediately below the .plate I. Abolt 9 passes through the sides 9 g of the standard G, near the upper end thereof, and also through the part h of the brace H, and is riveted, or provided with a nut, by means of which the standard G and brace H are securely and firmly bolted to each other at or near to their upper ends.

An ordinary nut h and washer 71 on the upper end of the part h of the standard H serve to bolt and fix the plow-beam, plate I and standard H in place and to each other. Lateral adjustment of the plow-beam on the part it of the standard is effected in an ordinary manner, and fixing the plow-beam after such adjustment may also be effected in any ordinary manner. As shown it is effected in a well known manner by means of a bolt d, which passes through the plow beam and through a slotted plate e which is fixed to the plow handles.

The upper portion of the brace H below the plate I, gripped and held rigidly, as it is, between the sides g, g, of the standard G, and against the front side thereof, is therebystayed firmly and securely against lateral yielding or bending, and with its lower end part extending backwardly, as shown, and bolted to the landside, These parts thus constructed, disposed and combined, co-operate in producing an exceedingly strong and effective con- I nection of the parts of the plow, a result in construction which comes from the combined effect of the several parts, and not simply from the separate action of each. The brace H curved rearwardly at its lower end and bolted to the landside bar, and rigidly clamped and held at its upper portion between the sides and forward part of the standard G, and projecting thence forwardly and upwardly into and between the sides and upper part of the standard G, and thence upwardly through the plow-beam, where it is bolted to fix the parts to each other, forms together with the standard G a superior and novel means of fixing and bracing the parts of the plow to each other, and in which the standard G, landside bar C, moldboard A, share B, plow beam D and brace H are assembled and connected in such manner as to form a truss frame, in which said members are so constructed, connected, and disposed as to brace and strengthen each other, and together to form a plow, simple in construction, of comparatively great strength, with a minimum of weight, and economic in its manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plow comprising in its composite structure a mold-board, share, landside-bar, and a standard of angle-iron 0r angle-steel, having extended wings or sides at its lower end which form-a base or frame for the attachment and support of said parts, and an upper end formed in its cross section substantially as described, a brace, fixed at its lower end to the landside bar in rear of the lower end of said standard, and its upper portion seated clamped and held between the sides of the upper end of said standard, substantially as described.

2. A plowcomprising in its composite structure a mold-board, share, landside bar, plowbeam, and a standard of angle-iron or anglesteel having extended wings or sides at its lower end, which form a base or frame for the attachment and support of said partsand an upper end formed in its cross-section substantially as described, a brace fixed at its lower end to the landside bar in rear of the lower end of said standard, its upper median portion seated clamped and held between the sides of the upper end of said standard, and its upper end extended through the plowbeam, and provided with a securing nut, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A plow comprising inits composite structure a mold-board, share, landside-bar, plowbeam, plate I, and a standard of angle-iron or angle-steel having extended wings or sides at its lower end, which form a base or frame for the attachment and support of said parts, and an upper end formed in its cross section substantially as described, abrace fixed at its lower end to the landside bar in rear of the lower end of said standard, its upper median portion seated clamped and held between the sides of said standard, and its upper end extended through said plate I and through the plow-beam and provided with a securing nut, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GILPIN MOORE.

Witnesses:

S. H. VELIE, O. H. Porn. 

